Etymology:
From the Ituri forest, ? north-eastern Zaire, with the Latin termination
-ensis, place of origin.

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Illustrations:

Vernacular:

Historical notes:
Described in 1990 by Belgian botanists
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Bamps and
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Lisowski.

Distinguishing features:
A large plant with glossy dark green stiff leaves and well-spaced
falcate, dentate leaflets straight or curving towards the leaf apex,
with more than 3 teeth on each margin and a single spine on the tip,
yellow cones, long-stalked pollen coned and red seeds. The leaves are
similar to E. equatorialis, but the leaflets of the latter are
very thick, falcate and curving away from the leaf apex, overlapping
upwards (incubous) and with one spine on the tips. E.
hildebrandtii is also similar, but the leaflets are thinner,
falcate and curving away from the leaf apex, overlapping downwards
(succubous) and with 3 spines on the tips.

Distribution and habitat:
North-eastern Zaire, in grassland or low shrubs on slopes on granite
domes.

Conservation:
Not listed in the
1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants.